2 dead in fatal Taylor County crash

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal crash in Taylor County.

According to KSP Public Affairs Officer Trooper Jonathan Houk, troopers responded to a two-vehicle collision on Campbellsville Bypass near Walmart in Campbellsville Saturday afternoon.

Houk says the preliminary investigation shows that 57-year-old Ann Copass, of Greensburg, was attempting to make a left turn onto Campbellsville Bypass in her vehicle when it entered into the path of a motorcycle driven by 35-year-old Christopher Penoyer, of Campbellsville. The motorcycle collided with Copass’s vehicle.

The Taylor County Coroner’s Office pronounced Copass dead at the scene.

Penoyer was transported to the Taylor Regional Hospital, where he later died.

The investigation is ongoing.